- Raymond Rock
Raymond Rock (born
October 1 ,1922 inLachine, Quebec ,Canada ) is a formerCanadian politician and abusinessman . He was elected Member of Parliament for the Liberal Party representing the riding ofJacques-Cartier—Lasalle in the 1962 federal election and later represented the riding of Lachine. Rock physicallycrossed the floor in 1972 to join the Progressive Conservatives and was subsequentially defeated in the 1972 election.Raymond Rock crossed the floor because he had received a communique from the Liberal Party that no anglophones in Quebec should be employed by the Federal Government, no matter how bilingual. He also sat on various standing committees. Rock was a member of theRoyal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve in which he served on theHMCS Portage (J331) between 1942 and 1945. He also served asalderman in Lachine, Quebec.External links
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